As the saying goes, it’s better to stick closer to your friends than make improvised business deals, but for Red Right-Hand star James Lafferty, things are turning out just fine. It has been key to his recent creative project. In 2018, Lafferty, 38, teamed up with fellow One Tree Hill alum Stephen Colletti to write, produce and act in a new show called Everyone Is Doing Great. The show follows actors Seth Steward (Colletti) and Jeremy Davis (Lafferty), whose lives are a reflection of the actors who play them.

“It’s a comedy about the cast of a teen drama starting over after their early success,” Lafferty tells PEOPLE. “It’s based on friendship, love and nostalgia.”

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James Lafferty’s wife, Alexandra Park, is joining the cast of Everyone Is Doing Great

Another special cast for Everyone Is Doing Great is Lafferty’s wife, Alexandra Park, who plays Andrea, an actress from the fictional show Eternal with Seth and Jeremy.

For Lafferty, working with close friends and family is the show’s greatest strength.

“We are very fortunate to have this and we are doing everything we can to maintain our working relationship,” Lafferty tells PEOPLE magazine. “Putting friendship first is important, and once you do that, everything else will fall into place.”

“It brings a rare level of authenticity to our show with instant chemistry and non-verbal understanding in scenes,” continues The Right Stuff actor James Lafferty. “You can’t cast that. It’s the show’s greatest strength, both personally and professionally.”

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Season 1 is available and Season 2 is streaming at home

Season 1 is out on Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video, while Season 2 awaits its streaming platform. “I can’t wait for the world to see it,” says Lafferty, noting that it builds on the foundation of Season 1.

“This time we had more time to develop the characters of Alexandra Park and Cariba Heine,” he explains. “Now it’s a balanced ensemble between the women and the men, the four main characters. While season 1 focused on the boys spiraling and the girls being stable, this season reverses that dynamic. Everyone is confronted with their own quarter-life crises.”

James Lafferty expects to know the show’s streaming platform by the end of the summer. He and Park married in May 2022 in Hawaii, with Colletti as one of Lafferty’s groomsmen.

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